Tag: Shoulders
New! Core Strength for Real People: Kneeling Side Plank Shoulder and Glutes Work
Looking for a fresh addition to your workouts? The latest episode of Core Strength for Real People is here to help. Challenge your balance and stability from a kneeling side plank to add efficient and fun work. In this core routine, you’ll address shoulder, core, and especially hip strength. You will feel this the next…
New: Core Strength for Real People: Pinup Warmup
Want to move over the long weekend without having to stand up? Here’s a preview of my new Pinup Warmup sequence, which focuses on mobilization through the shoulders and spine and activation of the muscles that move the joints in the upper body. As a bonus, you’ll get to hold several poses with your hand…
Reverse Vinyasa
This is a follow-up to my variations on vinyasa post, as well as the story of a lightbulb moment. During my fantastically fun intensive on teaching yoga to athletes (there’s still room for a few more in New York next month), I was bemoaning the monotony of the standard vinyasa from plank through chaturanga to…
Variations on Vinyasa
In my class this week (join me for a repeat Thursday night at 5:45), there are a lot of opportunities for the vinyasa from plank through chaturanga to cobra or upward-facing dog to downward-facing dog. This opportunity happens about forty times in the sequence, which begins with warm-up moves, builds to standing poses, and segues…